Stego – Residency
35th sighting in Monterey Bay
Stego @247
Jun 14 – Sep 10, 2026 · Monterey Bay
Same Shelf, Same Summer
Spiky fin, cold water, the usual crowd — home again.
242 m
Deepest dive
8:18
Longest dive
42
Dives
- Sightings
- 5
- Days between first and last sighting
- 88
- Deepest dive on record
- 242 m · this residency
Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →| Sighting | Seafloor | Sea temp | Deepest dive (modelled) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2026 | 667 m | 15.2°C | 27 m |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 68 m | 15.8°C | 55 m |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 217 m | 15.4°C | 78 m |
| Sep 3, 2026 | 219 m | 15.3°C | 52 m |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 271 m | 17.7°C | 242 m |
Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled
Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting
Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelledDepth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.
Dives
242 m
Deepest dive
8:18
Longest dive
42
Dives
26 m
Avg dive depth
5
Sightings
88
Days first → last
Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured
Get actual dive data with Risa Deep →Dive profile
modelledDepth shaped by the seafloor limit here (271 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.
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Where this happened · Sep 10, 2026
measured- Seafloor depth
- 271 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 17.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km
Across the residency · 5 sightings
measured- Seafloor depth
- 68 m – 667 m
- Sea-surface temperature
- 15.2°C – 17.7°C
- Distance from shore
- 4.0 km – 7.0 km
Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance
Source records
This activity is assembled from 5 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.